Cambodia News: Mam Somaly

Right now, more than 40 million people are enslaved across the globe - and two million of those are children who will be sold into the sex trade.

It's a common question that is either driven by apathy or empathy, the two polar opposites to a problem that did not end years ago but is instead growing daily, ...

On Stonewall's 50th anniversary, the US should reconsider its global war against sex work.

The wife of the artist Peter Max has died in a suspected suicide amid a family fight over her husband's work and allegations that he was being exploited.

Mary Max, the wife of the artist Peter Max, has died in a suspected suicide amid a family fight over her husband's work. New York City Police say Mary Max was ...

Silicon Valley's biggest companies have partnered with a single organization to fight sex trafficking -- one that maintains a data collection pipeline, is partn...

The Trump administration's efforts to slow immigration are making conditions worse for undocumented workers and causing an uptick in human trafficking.

Robert Kraft, the New England Patriots' billionaire owner, recently made headlines when he was charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution. The women ...

On the first day of this year's Jaipur literary festival the American novelist AJ Finn, real name Dan Mallory, was interviewed on stage. He talked about enjoying ...

Everyone is stanning Cardi B's very talented pianist, who opened the rapper's Grammys performance with some virtuosic broken chords.

On music's biggest night, it was all about the ladies—and rightfully so. The 61st Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 10, and it's safe to say that it was ...

In a statement addressing the widespread outrage over her praise for a book with anti-Jewish overtones, the novelist Alice Walker called its author “brave ...

In 1172, the Christian monk Thomas of Monmouth completed his book about the death and alleged miracles of St. William of Norwich. Thomas had been hard at ...

Walker calls David Icke's 'And the Truth Shall Set You Free,' deemed too anti-Semitic to release by Icke's own publisher, 'a curious person's dream come true'

The author, most recently, of the poetry collection “Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart” feels a duty to read about countries devastated by war: “The suffering, ...

Sarandon was the guest of honor at the annual soiree. Together1Heart recognized The Feud star's 'fierce support' in the fight to end human trafficking.

I would love to share my thoughts about MANASA, which is a rehabilitation and training center in Pamboor, Udupi, India.

Woman's Day Editor in Chief Susan Spencer and Publisher and CRO Kassie Means hosted the 15th annual Woman's Day Red Dress Awards at Jazz at Lincoln ...

Have you ever questioned the motivation behind your life's work? Stephanie Lorenzo did, and a year later she was in Cambodia, at the beginning of a ...

With the closure of the The Cambodia Daily, Cambodia is losing its only true independent paper of record.

Two documentary filmmakers uncover a massive hoax while shooting a documentary about sex-trafficked girls.

Sex Slave Story Revealed to Be Fabricated.” This headline could have run in a recent Washington Post, atop any number of stories breaking down the ...

For six seasons, the actress Shay Mitchell has been best known to viewers as Emily on Pretty Little Liars, bringing to life one of TV's most visible young LGBT ...

Most sex workers in Cambodia, Hoefinger says, are not trapped by brothel overlords. They're instead trapped in a shattered economy where alternative options ...

Justice Louis Brandeis famously claimed that sunlight is the best disinfectant. In recent years, “transparency” has become a buzz word, closely synonymous with ...

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A driver involved in February's fatal car collision with Caitlyn Jenner hopes to use her settlement money for a good cause. Jessica Steindorff, who was driving the ...

Every year, thousands of Cambodians travel abroad to work in Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan. After hearing fantastical stories of the material wealth and ...

A year after Somaly Mam was forced to quit her own foundation, concerns remain as she attempts to rise phoenix-like from the ashes On May 28 last year, the ...

January 26, 2015; Devex. The news last year that Somaly Mam was starting a new charity dedicated to fighting human trafficking and sex slavery raises the ...

Garment manufacturers in Cambodia benefit when anti-trafficking programmes portray clothing manufacturing as the only viable and, crucially, moral labour ...

A fallen anti-human trafficking activist fights to restore her reputation by setting up a new non-governmental organisation. How far will she go?

Sex trafficking activist Somaly Mam, who resigned from her now-shuttered foundation last year following a damaging Newsweek article and investigation, has ...

AnnaLynne McCord hugs good friend Somaly Mam close on the step and repeat at the 2015 UN Women For Peace Association International Women's Day ...

Wikipedia's Khmer language coverage is patchy at best, and almost non-existent when it comes to profiling the country's most important women. This weekend ...

On February 17, 1933, 'Newsweek' entered the magazine business.

101 East talks to Cambodia's fallen anti-sex trafficking icon as she fights to restore her reputation and save her NGO.

After a controversy-filled 2014, Somaly Mam is establishing a new organization that aims to address the one thing she is passionate about: human trafficking.

As disgraced anti-trafficking activist Somaly Mam steps up efforts to attract international funding for her flailing NGO Afesip, she continues to have prominent ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Disgraced Cambodian anti-sex trafficking activist Somaly Mam, who was forced to resign from her own foundation ...

Bangkok: A foundation supporting anti-sex trafficking activist Somaly Mam has closed but the disgraced Cambodian woman feted at charity events in Australia is ...

The Somaly Mam Foundation, which worked against human trafficking and sexual exploitation, has closed five months after its founder resigned amid ...

The Somaly Mam Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating sex trafficking in Cambodia, has "officially ceased all operations, ended all grant ...

The Somaly Mam Foundation, an anti-human trafficking organization that was thrust into the spotlight earlier this year after its namesake founder was accused of ...

Can philanthropists save the world? NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl Wudunn take a look at well-intentioned efforts to give.

Celebrities no longer just raise money and awareness. They offer advice about how to approach and 'solve' the human trafficking problem. The United Nations ...

Somaly Mam may want to forget all about Newsweek's cover story on her in May and start over in her anti-sex-trafficking activism, but Cambodia won't let her, ...

First, “Newsweek” called the charismatic anti-sex trafficking activist Somaly Mam a fraud. Now “Marie Claire” says “Newsweek” is guilty of careless reporting.

Anti-trafficking activist Somaly Mam has spoken out to defend herself for the first time following a bombshell Newsweek story which portrayed her as a fraud, ...

Readers might think nonfiction books are the most reliable media sources there are. But accuracy scandals haven't reformed an industry that faces no big ...

The world's celebrity obsession grows every day. How else to explain why doing a Google search on the name Kim Kardashian gets 51 million results?

Heroes are complicated and victims aren't always who we think they are. As journalists, we are storytellers lured by the power of a great narrative. But we are ...

Anti-trafficking NGO Afesip has announced that funding from the Somaly Mam Foundation, which is the organization's primary donor, was completely terminated ...

The fall from grace of activist Somaly Mam, the face of Cambodia's anti-sex trafficking movement, is potentially a setback for the campaign to protect the ...

In April of 2010, New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof was preparing to head out on a reporting expedition to Sudan when he stopped in at the ...

Activists say the story of Somaly Mam is part of a larger tale of deception meant to attract foreign money into impoverished Cambodia.

Another high-profile sex trafficking yarn is coming unraveled.

The downfall of anti-sex-slavery activist Somaly Mam has led some to question the extent of trafficking.

Trying to sort out the truth about Somaly Mam, a Cambodian activist against human trafficking.

“There are various other tricks of the trade. I've learned when to be more suspicious of people…. I think there's a tendency to believe victims, for example.

Why exactly did the telegenic Cambodian campaigner use fake trafficking victims to raise philanthropic cash from Westerners? And when will Nicholas Kristof ...

Last week, Somaly Mam resigned from the foundation she co-founded seven years ago. Mam, dubbed "the James Frey of anti–sex trafficking activism" by my ...

When Maya Angelou died last week, many of the remembrances of the poet included variants on one of Angelou's oft-repeated maxims: “The first time someone ...

She was starved in New York with her baby and forced to have sex with as many as three dozen men a day. Why a Mexican teen is still terrified, even as her ...

1. Anti-sex slavery hero in Cambodia resigns after Newsweek exposé  CNN
2. Activist Somaly Mam quits foundation amid claims she faked personal story  The Guardian
3. Sex slavery activist Somaly Mam quits foundation after book probe  Los Angeles Times
4. Nicholas Kristof Should Give Readers a Full Explanation About Somaly Mam  New York Times
5. Cambodian sex slavery activist Somaly Mam quits foundation amid allegations she distorted her past  NEWS.com.au
6. View full coverage on Google News

Yes, the famous anti-sex-trafficking activist fudged certain facts to gain attention for her cause—but this sorry tale should make us concerned about our own need ...

Somaly Mam runs an organization that operates women's shelters in Southeast Asia. A prominent figure in the anti-sex-trafficking movement, she's spoken...

Somaly Mam saved countless girls in Cambodia. Does it matter if key parts of her story aren't true?

The kidnapping of 276 Nigerian girls has put Islamist militants Boko Haram on the map. What do they want?

Everyone's favorite newlyweds, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, got a stunning wedding present from one of the world's richest birthday boys.

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Editor's Note: Somaly Mam is a global leader who has pioneered the movement against modern slavery for nearly two decades. She has been recognized as a ...

Matt Lauer and Al Roker got prostate exams on NBC's “Today” show last week — while their colleagues giggled on-air and the snarky tweets rolled in. But just ...

Raped at 12, forced to marry at 15 and then sold into prostitution, Somaly Mam has risen from Cambodia's brothels to be the glamorous, celebrity face of the ...

Actress ANNALYNNE MCCORD seriously contemplated suicide after she was raped as a child.

Since its creation in 2007, the Somaly Mam Foundation (SMF) has attracted top U.S. business leaders and Hollywood stars to the worthy cause of combating the ...

From learning from survivors to improving data collection, our panel of experts offers advice on ending all forms of slavery.

Read Dianna Agron's exclusive interview on helping the Somaly Mam Foundation put an end to the trafficking trade. Learn how you can too!

Brooks Brothers creates a capsule collection for “The Great Gatsby” premiere; Holst + Lee joins Plum Alley, a new luxury e-commerce platform and other ...

The Somaly Mam Foundation explains Cambodian anti-slavery activist Somaly Mam's heroic journey from Asia to the United States.

SHE remembers a home that looked fancy on the outside but ominous on the inside, a dark maze of bare chambers. She remembers the parade of men, day by ...

Best known for playing Lester Patal on NBC's Chuck, Vik Sahay is also a keen supporter of charity. LookToTheStars.org recently sat down and chatted with him ...

It wasn't a juicy script that brought together a half-dozen Hollywood stars, including Meg Ryan, America Ferrera and Olivia Wilde. It was the chance to tell the ...

The 90210 actress bravely shares her own experience to benefit the Somaly Mam Foundation, which aims to end modern day slavery and sex traffcking.

I am in a van with Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri, bouncing along a dirt road in the Cambodian countryside, and are ...

Somaly Mam, the founder of Cambodian shelters for former sex slaves, and Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon, a formidable fund-raiser for the cause, are ...

Learning about the difficult topics of human trafficking and sexual servitude by reading the work of Nicholas D. Kristof, a Times columnist, in a lesson developed ...

When 6-year-olds are sold to be tortured and raped, it's time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement to end human trafficking.

The global movement against human trafficking is making progress. In Cambodia, I followed one of my heroes, Somaly Mam, in a raid on a brothel with ...

Yesterday, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof live-tweeted a brothel raid in Cambodia. Kristof's novel approaches to international women-rights ...

On Thursday, October 20, Look To The Stars' Allison DiLiberto and Scott Cable attended the Somaly Mam Foundation's annual gala at Manhattan's Espace (635 ...

It was a typical fall evening in New York: gusting winds, rush hour traffic and a charity gala. Political activists, ambassadors, State Department grandees and ...

Upscale charity fundraisers weren't exactly on Jonathan Lehmann's post-grad radar. But then his online start-up company KarmaGoat caught the eye of the ...

Pretty Little Liars actress Shay Mitchell recently joined the fight against sex trafficking. She visited Cambodia in February with the Somaly Mam Foundation to ...

Marshall Heyman is often asked: How many parties do you go to in a night? In an experiment in stamina, agility and people skills, he hits five events on Tuesday.

In a special episode of “America's Most Wanted” airing on FOX this Saturday, host John Walsh will take viewers to the front lines of the international battle ...

Sold into sexual slavery early in her life, today Somaly Mam fights human trafficking and protects young girls in Cambodia against sexual abuse.

Somaly Mam and Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime were born around the same time — when the U.S. began secretly carpet bombing her country. The bombed ...

Anyone who thinks it is hyperbole to describe sex trafficking as slavery should look at the maimed face of a teenage girl, Long Pross.

As long as 14-year-old girls are being jolted with electric shocks to make them smile before sex tourists in Cambodia, the abolitionist cause for slavery has not ...